1:00 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Le’Veon Bell is officially a free agent. The Pittsburgh Steelers will not place a franchise or transition tag on the All-Pro running back, general manager Kevin Colbert told local reporters on Wednesday. “Le’Veon is still a great player,” Colbert said. “We can’t afford to use any other type of tags.
12:41 PM ET Heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev will headline the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on March 23, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN. The card will take place at either The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, or the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California, but Pulev still needs an opponent.
1:41 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — Daniil Kvyat set the fastest time so far at this week’s test on Wednesday, putting Toro Rosso at the top of the timesheets. Claire Williams understands how bad it looks that her team missed the opening two and a half days of testing for the 2019 season. Lewis Hamilton
7:09 AM ET MESA, Ariz. — It was hidden in plain sight. And everyone in the locker room saw it. At the bottom of the daily schedule, on Day 1 of full-squad workouts for the Chicago Cubs, was a prediction for their season. Baseball Prospectus’ proprietary PECOTA formula had the Cubs going 80-82, finishing in
12:27 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close SportsCenter anchor Behind The Bets podcast host Sports fans questioned Tom Brady for recently adopting the underdog label. However, the Boston Red Sox have a legitimate claim to that mantra, even coming off a World Series title and franchise record in wins. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has posted
11:08 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Coming into last week’s Oman T20I Quadrangular series, Ireland were winless
10:48 AM ET MONTMELO, Spain — Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes’ position at the top of Formula One is under threat this year after admitting the new Ferrari looks “very, very strong” in pre-season testing so far. Ferrari topped the timesheets at the opening two days of this week’s test in Spain, while Mercedes’ fastest times
11:35 AM ET MONTMELO, Spain — Claire Williams understands how bad it looks that her team missed the opening two and a half days of testing for the 2019 season. Williams faces a difficult start to the year after missing the first two days of testing, but it is a team used to fighting against
9:29 AM ET The home opener for the San Diego Padres should be an absolute blast on March 28. Bruce Bochy, the Padres’ former longtime manager, will be in town with the Giants, and now that Bochy has announced that he will retire at year’s end, he’s likely to get a nice ovation when he’s
12:20 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Last year at this time, Lamar Jackson was about to head to the NFL combine, putting all his energy into convincing teams that he was a viable quarterback prospect. This year, all of Jackson’s time will be devoted to the work needed to take the next step as